"I am.not passionately against quidditch." Melody insisted. The last thing she needed was for Ben to have one more reason to dislike her. Melody thought the sport senseless and violent and didn't understand what purpose the snitch served, but she wasn't against the sport. There were just more important matters to attend to first.

"A healer or auror are more important to society than an athlete. That's what I mean by steps. Let men become accustomed to women in those more important positions and the rest will follow." Where was Ms. Gallivan's chaperone? No wonder why Ben was able to have an affair with her.